1 (60 marks)
Question 1
The Advtech Group is a JSE listed company in South Africa. Advtech operates within the
education and recruitment industries in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
JSE 100 is an index on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Advtech is a constituent of
JSE 100 its weight in the index is given in table 1 above.
.1 Consider an investor with a portfolio consisting only of Advtech shares. The Treasury bill
rate in 2014 was 3.06% in South Africa. Using dividend yield as (returns). Calculate the
Sharpe ratio for Advtech.
(20 marks)
cabine for an investor whohout Adutech shares on 2 lanuary

Neon light company of kansas city ships lamps and lighting appliances throughout the country. ms. neon has determined that through the establishment of local collection centers around the country, she can speed up the collection of payments by one and one-half days. furthermore, the cash management department of her bank has indicated to her that she can defer her payments on her accounts by one-half day without affecting suppliers. the bank has a remote disbursement center in florida. a. if neon light company has $2.90 million per day in collections and $1.18 million per day in disbursements, how many dollars will the cash management system free up?

Jordan, inc. sells fireworks. the company’s marketing director developed the following cost of goods sold budget for april, may, june, and july. april may june july budgeted cost of goods sold $62,000 $72,000 $82,000 $88,000 jordan had a beginning inventory balance of $3,000 on april 1 and a beginning balance in accounts payable of $14,600. the company desires to maintain an ending inventory balance equal to 15 percent of the next period’s cost of goods sold. jordan makes all purchases on account. the company pays 65 percent of accounts payable in the month of purchase and the remaining 35 percent in the month following purchase. required prepare an inventory purchases budget for april, may, and june. determine the amount of ending inventory jordan will report on the end-of-quarter pro forma balance sheet. prepare a schedule of cash payments for inventory for april, may, and june. determine the balance in accounts payable jordan will report on the end-of-quarter pro forma balance sheet.

Money from an allowance or job is known as .